Happy July 4th Weekend! I’m sending this latest Jane Looking Forward newsletter from Virginia, where I am visiting family and thinking about Independence Day. It feels different this year, and not only because I no longer live in the suburbs and therefore can’t host our traditional July 4th party. Starting with a backyard barbecue with…
Chocolate was a Jewish immigrant food to the American Colonies, so you can build on those chocolatey Jewish roots when planning your 4th of July menu — starting with the Colonial Jewish-American Chocolate Cake recipe below. In many cases, the resilience of Sephardi immigrants was interwoven with that of chocolate, a New World food. Readily…
Hey, meat eaters! Is there a vegan in your life who’s got you muddled as you attempt to plan a holiday barbecue? Someone, perhaps, who preaches about tikkun olam and compassion for animals? You love them, but maybe not enough to give up your juicy, oil-dripping-from-your-mouth hamburger. And that’s okay — because you can have…
With July 4th approaching, we’ve been pondering the question of how exactly to put a tasty Jewish touch on our Independence Day celebrations. What could we serve that would marry the symbols of America’s freedom with Jewish culinary tradition? The answer came in the form of an iconic Jewish dessert that’s been given a decidedly…
Israeli model Bar Refaeli was panned online for memorializing Israel’s fallen soldiers when she deliberately avoided military service to further her modeling career. Refaeli, the highest paid Israeli model whose image has appeared all over the world, posted a photograph of a flame on her Facebook page with the word “Remember,” a typical image to…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin released an Israel Independence Day greeting in English, in which he called it “the Independence Day of all the Jewish people.” “Sixty-nine years ago, in the moments just after David Ben Gurion declared the birth of the State of Israel, we all went out to dance in the streets….
Lighting one of the 12 torches at the ceremony marking the opening of the country’s Independence Day celebrations is one of Israel’s highest honors, so this year’s decision to invite two Jewish American leaders to participate is proving controversial. Philanthropist Michael Steinhardt and Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Wiesenthal Center, were chosen to light…
I have always lacked both talent and interest in athletics, making many “fun” Fourth of July activities (anything involving physical exertion) not so “fun” for me. However, this year, I looked forward to taking part in a very unique sporting competition: the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest. The Fourth of July weekend was one in…
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